Palm Royale Season 2 Premieres on Apple TV+

The second season of the Apple TV+ series Palm Royale premiered on November 12, 2025, with its first episode picking up directly after the chaotic events of the Season 1 finale. Kristen Wiig reprises her role as Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, an ambitious outsider navigating the cutthroat high society of 1969 Palm Beach, Florida. The episode, titled "Maxine Drinks Martinis Now," centers on Maxine's efforts to reclaim her place among the elite after a public breakdown leads to her commitment in the Sunny Tides mental institution.

In the opening sequence, Maxine imagines a vibrant dance number with her husband Robert, played by Ricky Martin, set to Mel Tormé's "Comin' Home Baby." The fantasy quickly fades to reveal her drugged reality in the asylum, where she grapples with the trauma of Robert's shooting at the Beach Ball gala and the revelation that Mitzi, portrayed by Kaia Gerber, is pregnant with Douglas's child. Douglas, played by Josh Lucas, fails to retrieve Maxine after her three-day hold, influenced by family pressures and financial woes. Instead, Norma Dellacorte, the formidable matriarch enacted by Carol Burnett, advances her plan to integrate Mitzi into the Dellacorte...